Photos From 2022-2023 Austin Music Awards

"...Eve Monsees (pictured) and Mike Buck led the house band for the Austin Music..."

March 1, 2023 Photo Gallery

2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...Nominees: Andre Hayward Dayne Reliford Margaret Slovak Mike Sailors Best Latin: Adrian Quesada..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...get a buncha tacos and Mexican food and trade Mike Belyea a Kiss picture disc for a pitcher of..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...to bring your own. Around that time I met Mike Flanigin as he sat in on a gig I..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Texas Heritage Songwriters HoF Returns to Honor Lefty, Lightnin’, Griffith, and James

...while Gibbons, Keen, and Dunn provide musical highlights

"...blowout boiled to close out the evening. Jimmie Vaughan, Mike Flanigin, and Sue Foley joined the ZZ Top icon..."

Feb. 14, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Residential Address: Mac McIntosh

At an age when most perferformers are preparing to take a bow, jazz singer Mac Mcintosh is hitting the stride.

"...his 50s, eventually caught the attention of B3 maestro Mike Flanigin, who tapped him for regular singing duties at..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sue Foley, Nat Adderley Jr., Cheap Trick, Little Mazarn and Ralph White, High Desert Queen, and the Austin Record Convention

"...the pandemic- tracked, charismatic blues boogies of Pinky's, cut with Mike Flanigin on the spinning organ, Layton on skins, and..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...but tasteful, tuneful, and consistent pleasures abound. – Michael Toland Mike Flanigin: West Texas Blues..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Trouble drum constant Chris "Whipper" Layton, and organ grinder Mike Flanigin – looks like it got snapped at the..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Jesse Dayton, and Jimmie Vaughan with Sue Foley and Mike Flanigin. – Kevin Curtin Jimmie Vaughan: The Pleasure's All..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

We Have an Issue: Happy Trails

In this week’s issue, we look at the logistics, and emotions, behind plotting a cross country road trip mid-pandemic

"...rotation, while shredder Sue Foley – who recorded boyfriend Mike Flanigin's live album West Texas Blues mid-pandemic – shares..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Checking In: Guitar Heater Sue Foley Works on Her PhD

Ace stringer “spaced out for about three months” first

"...a sidewoman, she also rocks: “Pic of me and Mike [Flanigin] attached from our West Texas trek to promote..."

Aug. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin's Best Live Music Performances of 2019

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Trachtenberg: Jimmie Vaughan & Mike Flanigin Trio..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Jimmie Vaughan

"...for blue-eyed longing. On song of contrasts "Hold It," Mike Flanigin's Hammond organ suspends in air, buoyed by George..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

In Austin, Bushwick Bill Found his Musical Playground

Late Geto Boys rapper’s penchant for stage crashing was legendary

"...Disciples and Sit Down Servant – plus B3 player Mike Flanigin, producer Jacob Sciba, and others – logged many..."

June 10, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Office Space Star David Herman Is the Real Michael Bolton

"Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks!"

"...the most relatable and hilarious comedies of all time. Mike Judge's irreverent snapshot of the day-to-day tedium of cubicle..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

Best Live Music Performances of 2018

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Jay Trachtenberg: Jimmie Vaughan Trio with Mike Flanigin, C-Boy's Heart & Soul..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: White Denim Breaks Free

White Denim’s new LP Performance signals a new era of emancipation for Austin’s prog rockers, and Como Las Movies rides a nuevo wave

"...home in the Buckeye State and joined Vaughan, organist Mike Flanigin, and drummer George Rains on four songs, including..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin

The Ice Queen is on fire

"...I wanted to do back to Canada. Then randomly, Mike [Flanigin] contacted me. We were friends 25 years ago..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Sue Foley Record Review

The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)

"...her annual Jungle Show bandmates Jimmie Vaughan, Charlie Sexton, Mike Flanigin, Chris Layton, and the jungle maestro himself, li'l..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017

Consensus on the best local platters

"...9) Jimmie Vaughan Trio featuring Mike Flanigin, Live at C-Boy's (Proper)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Jimmie Vaughan Trio featuring Mike Flanigin

"...Live billed as the Mike Flanigin Trio featuring Jimmie Vaughan, the locals' recorded debut..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Dr. Lonnie Smith’s B-3 Love Affair

Getting existential with the organ’s greatest suitor

"...year with Ike Stubblefield plus locals Dr. James Polk, Mike Flanigin, and Red Young. Next month’s Clifford Antone Foundation..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Lost in the Silent City

Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music

"...at the Wheel served a foundational house band role. Mike Flanigin, Foster, Malano, and Vaughan all repped the 512...."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pass on the Kindness

"...Mark Hallman and Congress House, John Doe, Hayes Carll, Mike Flanigin, J.J. Barrera, Toni Price, Warren Hood, Emily Gimble..."

May 22, 2017 Postmarks

Playback – Dead Man Walking: Jimmy LaFave

As terminal cancer ticks down Jimmy LaFave’s life, he says the show must go on

"...Let's Take It to the Stage. Friend and collaborator Mike Flanigin noted, "He didn't just drum. He made music."..."

April 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

R.I.P. Barry “Frosty” Smith

Austin’s pre-eminent beatkeeper passes

"...Continental Club Gallery in the trio of B3 organist Mike Flanigin...."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Carnegie Bound: Gary Clark Jr.

Gary Clark Jr. strips down on his way to Carnegie Hall, hardcore duo Street Sects kills the lights, and Savannah Welch makes her first public appearance since losing her leg

"...and featuring Austin music lifers Suzanna Choffel, Rosie Flores, Mike Flanigin, Jeremy Nail, Savannah's dad Kevin Welch and –..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2016 Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

"...Billy Gibbons, B.B. King drummer Hunter Jackson, and Mike Flanigin..."

Oct. 13, 2016 Photo Gallery

Steve Miller on Jimmie Vaughan

Joker’s Skyline Theater concert tonight should guest local Strat king

"...at Lincoln Center here in New York. Jimmie and Mike Flanigin came in and sang with me and Brianna..."

July 26, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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